Personalities
Champion of North Vietnam whose aim was for a united independent nation of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
In 1954, this nautical 'event' gave rise to America sending troops on the ground in Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
The chemical used as a defoliant by the US forces on Vietnamese forests and jungles.
Agent Orange
On 27th January 1973, this document was signed and a ceasefire came into effect with the US agreeing to withdraw all remaining ground forces.
The Paris Peace Accords
People seeking the right to govern themselves
Nationalists
Military leader whose strategies defeated the might of the United States in Vietnam.
General Giap
Photographs published showing the mass deaths of civilians in reprisal for US deaths in 1969.
My Lai Massacre
The US strategy of withdrawing troops whilst preparing the South Vietnamese military to take control
Vietnamisation
The Khmer Rouge came to power in this country and, in one of the most brutal political experiments, killed 1.7 million people.
Cambodia
The South Vietnamese military
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
US President who ran with the idea of the Domino Theory in its opposition to Communism in the 1950's.
Dwight D Eisenhower
After the French forces surrendered this Conference created the demilitarised zone at the 17th parallel.
The Geneva Conference
When the South Vietnamese and US troops rounded up civilians to live in specific areas to avoid infiltration by the Viet Cong.
Strategic hamlets
The US event which saw about 500,000 people demonstrating against involvement in the Vietnam War.
The Moratorium Marches
The unofficial name of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
Leader of South Vietnam who refused to conduct an election in 1956 for fear he would lose.
Ngo Dinh Diem
A traditional-style attack initiated by the North Vietnamese Army in 1968.
The Tet Offensive
Hit and run attacks, use of tunnels, small groups with minimal equipment are all aspects of this type of warfare.
Guerrilla warfare
80,000 of these arrived in Australia at the end of the Vietnam War between 1975-85
Refugees
The Communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam
Viet Cong
US Secretary of Defence during the Tonkin Incident despite later saying, "It hadn't occured but that's irrelevant.."
Robert McNamara
The year an ARVN force invaded Laos in a operation known as Lam Son 719.
1971
A gradual and sustained aerial bombing campaign conducted by the US 2nd Air Division between 1965 and 1968.
Operation Rolling Thumder
In 1973 this legislation stripped the President of his powers to use the US military without congressional approval.
War Powers Resolution Act
Laos' communist movement allied to North Vietnam
Pathet Lao